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Rain of Fire Falling: The crash of American Airlines flight 191.
https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/rain-of-fire-falling-the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-191-e17ffc5369e5
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Rain of Fire Falling: The crash of American Airlines flight 191
Corner-cutting at American Airlines leads to a spectacular crash at Chicago O’Hare, killing 273 in America’s worst air disaster.

Meta is testing Community Notes in 16 Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, a step toward ending its third-party fact-checking program (Agence France-Presse)
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260909-meta-tests-fact-check-repl…

Meta tests fact-check replacement in Latin America
Meta said Wednesday it had begun testing Community Notes in 16 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, a step toward replacing the professional fact-checking program it runs with partner organizations across the region.

Drought and extreme heat pile up in some of America’s most vulnerable counties https://www.earth.com/climate/drought-and-extreme-heat-pile-up-in-some-of-americas-most-vulnerable-counties/

Drought and extreme heat pile up in some of America’s most vulnerable counties
In the U.S., greater exposure to drought and extreme heat often overlaps with poverty, older housing, and limited health insurance.

Pentagon's plan to livestream executions: Another step back from American norms
It continues to be amazing how easily American norms can be shattered.
All it took was for Ayatollah of War Pete Hegseth to advocate 💥 live streaming the upcoming death-by-firing-squad execution of the Army officer convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting
and the Pentagon announced it,
then Donald Trump said Me, too.
Suggest it and who cares if it’s at odds the vast majority of …

#Amerika21 Vor 50 Jahren: Bombenanschlag auf Zivilflugzeug. 73 Tote. Täter mit Verbindungen zu #USA und #CIA blieben unbehelligt.

Kuba gedenkt des Anschlags von Barbados vor 50 Jahren

Das Land des Kapitalismus entdeckt den Sozialstaat und nennt ihn "Sozialismus". Bastian Brauns beschreibt bei t-online, wie Mamdani und El-Sayed jungen Amerikanern beibringen, dass Krankenversicherung kein DDR-Import ist. Trumps Kuba-Angst zieht bei dieser Generation schlicht nicht mehr. #USA #Sozialdemokratie

USA vor dem politischen Umbruch? Junge US-Amerikaner und der Sozialismus
Im Heimatland des Kapitalismus verliert der Sozialismus seinen Schrecken. Gerade junge Amerikaner wenden sich ab vom Kapitalismus.

Perfection:
"In light of Donald Trump’s attempts to rename a gulf, lakes and even states after “America”, South Park, the animated satirical program that has long skewered those in power, has announced an official name change. For its 29th season, the Comedy Central series will be known as “South America”."
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South Park changes name to South America in response to Trump changes
Satirical program’s new title is ‘inspired by bravery and patriotism’ of Apple and Google, who capitulated to Trump’s requests to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

Trump has begun sending $500 “refund” checks,
along with a signed letter taking credit for the payments,
to Americans who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
The letter assails the Biden administration and Obamacare
while touting the Trump administration’s efforts to lower health care costs.
The money is being distributed to nearly a million Americans
less than a month ahead of the midterm elections,
giving a last-minute finan…

Trump Sends Obamacare ‘Refund’ Checks Ahead of Midterm Elections
The $500 checks are accompanied by a letter signed by the president that criticizes the Biden administration for overcharging Americans for health insurance.

6.5 million Americans face landslide risks—a new database shows where they live #America

6.5 million Americans face landslide risks—a new database shows where they live
Landslides cause an estimated $3 billion to $6 billion in damage and multiple fatalities annually in the United States. Those numbers could easily increase as housing needs spur development in landslide-prone areas and climate change increases the severity and frequency of heavy rains, which often trigger landslides. Despite the threat, there has never been a systematic, nationwide accounting of who is most at risk from landslides.

“In almost every [US] county,
extreme heat is at least as bad as it was 30 years ago.
In most counties, it’s much worse.”
It’s Not Just You.
America Has Gotten Much Hotter.
https://kottke.org/26/09/0049561-its-not-just-you-america-